[CBQ] Re: Shoshoni to Casper CNW route

["larrgra" <larry.graus@opc.com>]

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@...> wrote:
>
> Supposedly the CNW subsidiary Wyoming & Northwestern Railway began 
> building west from Casper in 1904, reached Riverton in 1905 and Lander 
> in 1906.  Also, supposedly Illco to Shobon was abandoned in 1943 and a 
> connection built from Shobon to Shoshoni to reach the remnant from just 
> east of Shoshoni to Lander.  The Bighorn Divide & Wyoming operates a 
> remnant of the Wyoming & Northwestern for about a mile east and a mile 
> west of Shoshoni, the connection from Shoshoni to Shobon and trackage 
> rights on the BNSF from Bonneville to Lysite.  The BDW also operates the 
>   BNSF's line from Lysite to Lost Cabin.
>       I have it on good authority that the CBQ line through the Wind River 
> Canyon was completed as a through route from Montana to Orin Junction in 
> 1914.
>       Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado
> 
> MICHAEL PANNELL wrote:
> > Great thanks for the reply, do you know build and abandonment dates 
> > (roughly)
> > 
> > Mike 
> > 
Norm wrote that the C&NW line between Illco and Shobon was abandoned in 1943. 
From things I've read, it was part of a scrap drive for tanks and ships during 
WWII, likely producing upwards of 15,000 tons.  



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